Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "travelingisrael.com"
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@bandanakabana4494 Really, you might want to check out how the British created Jordan.Too bad they backed Hussein instead of Ibn Saud, Saud ended up with the oil and the Americans.
"Settler Colonialism" is a trope out of the Marxist playbook taught by the Soviets to liberation nationalists post-WW2. Lots of nasty stuff came out of that, including Libya and genocide all over Africa and Asia. Abbas, the PA leader, even got his PhD equivalent in Moscow. The stale Soviet dialectic has to end, too. It's failed everywhere it has been evoked, including Egypt.
I'm dealing with a brand of "settler colonialism" myself here in California. In the town my parents were born in the early 1920s, over 100 years ago, they rarely speak English anymore. Some say it's a "return" to a homeland called Aztlan.
The majority population in Israel is not European, but just so you know, Odessa is closer to Jerusalem than Oman.
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@bandanakabana4494 Soviet-era propaganda often portrayed settler colonialism, particularly in the context of Western powers, as a tool of imperialism and exploitation. The Soviet Union used various mediums, including posters, literature, and films, to condemn colonialism and depict it as a form of oppression and injustice.
Here are some common themes and messages found in Soviet-era propaganda regarding settler colonialism:
1. **Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples**: Soviet propaganda frequently highlighted the exploitation and suffering of indigenous peoples under settler colonial rule. Images and narratives depicted indigenous populations being displaced from their lands, forced into labor, and subjected to cultural assimilation.
2. **Imperialist Aggression**: Settler colonialism was portrayed as a manifestation of imperialist aggression by Western powers. The Soviet Union emphasized the expansionist motives behind colonial endeavors, framing them as part of a broader strategy to dominate and exploit territories and peoples.
3. **Resistance and Liberation**: Soviet propaganda often celebrated the resistance efforts of indigenous peoples against settler colonialism. It portrayed them as heroic figures fighting against oppression and colonial rule. The Soviet Union supported various anti-colonial movements around the world and depicted them as allies in the struggle against imperialism.
4. **Solidarity with Colonized Peoples**: Soviet propaganda aimed to foster solidarity with colonized peoples by highlighting shared struggles against imperialism. The Soviet Union positioned itself as a champion of decolonization and supported independence movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
5. **Critique of Capitalism**: Settler colonialism was frequently depicted as a product of capitalist exploitation and inequality. Soviet propaganda emphasized the role of capitalist interests in driving colonial expansion and portrayed socialism as a progressive alternative that prioritized social justice and equality.
Overall, Soviet-era propaganda on settler colonialism sought to delegitimize colonial practices, condemn Western imperialism, and promote the idea of national liberation and self-determination for colonized peoples.
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7 Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen
Benny Morris writes not all were "into it" and at different times had few significant troops. Iraqis were already in the fight in 1947, some at Deir Yassin in April 1947.
What you describe is one story, there are perhaps 3 main narratives. Some say Arab leaders ran away to Beirut while calling on others to fight, some say Arab radio told them to leave, temporarily, until we win. It's a mixed bag, and as Oren has told us, 160,000 remained and now number 1.9 million. 21% of Israeli population are Arab. None comparable in the 22 Arab league states.
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Both the Jordanian and Palestinian flag are symbols of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turk, Pan-Arabism, the BLACK, WHITE, GREEN represent the three Caliphates and the RED chevron the unity of the three. The Jordanian flag has a 7-Pointed Star on the red hoist chevron, it stands for the seven verses of al-fatiha in the Qur'an.
During the Ottoman Empire’s rule, the region flew a plain red flag with a five-pointed white star and a crescent moon. The Ottomans ruled the region until the First World War when the Arab Revolt overthrew them in 1916. The young Arabs designed a flag that represented their aspirations in a Turkish-dominated empire. The Arab Revolt used a black-green-white horizontal tricolor flag, which had a red triangle at the hoist to symbolize the Arab revolution and their conquest of the Ottoman Turks between the years 1916 to 1918. The Arab Revolts raised their flag for the first time in Jerusalem in 1916.
I doubt any of my young students in American wrapping themselves in these flags know the history, the "short" history, or that a Jewish Legion was also in the fight against the Ottoman Turk. The Jewish Legion saw action during the Sinai and Palestine campaign, where they fought at the Battle of Megiddo before being reduced to one battalion, nicknamed the "First Judaeans".
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@freedombug11 The "Document" is available online in its original form, written by the 3rd Arab Congress to Winston Churchill. It is filled with lies, ones that continued to be told. Jews "took" nothing, that's the BIG LIE, the one which continues to force suffering and death on innocent humans who believe it. No Israeli with the power to do so is calling for the "extermination" of an entire people. OTOH, Iran, with a nuclear bomb, while have the leadership and power to do just that. FREE IRAN
The first major Nazi camp to be liberated was Majdanek, located in Lublin, Poland. It was liberated in the summer of 1944, not 1945. Mate was perhaps 5 months old, do you remember being 5 months old?
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